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In a response to President Barack Obama's expulsion of Russian diplomats for 'malicious' meddling in US election via cyber hacking. Russia has declared 35 American diplomats persona non grata,  The TASS news agency said the American diplomats expelled include 31 personnel of the embassy in Moscow and four of the consulate general in St. Petersburg. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, made the declaration on Friday, TASS reported. "We, of course, cannot leave unanswered the insults of the kind, reciprocity is the law of diplomacy and foreign relations," Lavrov said. "Thus, the Russian Foreign Ministry and officials of other authorities have presented to the Russian president suggestions regarding announcing persona non grata 31 personnel of the US Embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the Consulate General in St. Petersburg." Washington's accusations that the Russian state was behind attempts to meddle in the US presidential election are ...

A 30 years old suspect, Olajide Olatunde, was on Thursday remanded in Ilesa prison custody by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates' Court for alleged burglary. Olatunde is facing a three- count charge of conspiracy, burglary and theft. The Magistrate, Mrs Sodamade Fatimoh, ordered that the accused be kept behind bars due to the magnitude of the crime committed. The prosecutor, Insp.Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the accused person committed the offence on Sept.27 at about 1.a.m. at Ofatedo Area, Osogbo. Abiodun said the accused conspired with others now at large to break into the house of one Faleke Kayode and carted away some household items. The items include HP elite book core 15 , Blackberry phone , Samsung S2 , Dell inspirion, Blackberry touch 1, Blackberry touch 2, and a blackberry cure all valued N 141,000. The prosecutor said that it took the tireless effort of the detective police officers to apprehend the culprit. He said the offence committed by the suspect contravened s...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has launched a major crusade on drug abuse in Lagos State following the worried about the rising cases of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. The campaign, which is part of the agency's Anti- Drug Abuse Campaign, is aimed at sensitising and enlightening the people on the dangers of inappropriate drug use, codeine in particular. Speaking at the launch of the campaign to youths, market women and drivers in Surulere Local Council Development Area, LCDA, the Acting Director General of the agency, Mrs Yetunde Oni, lamented that the abuse of codeine among youths has become worrisome. Oni, who was represented by the agency's Chief Public Relation Officer, Mrs. Christiana Obiazikwor, urged youths to desist from inappropriate use of drugs.